Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Hesse

Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Hesse and Russia, or alternatively referred to as Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and Russia (Prinzessin Elisabeth Charlotte von Hessen und Russland; 17 July 1918 – 2 September 1945) was a Russian-German Hessian princess, the youngest child and second daughter of Francis Ernes Ludwig, heir apparent of Hesse and by Rhine, and his wife, Princess Victoria Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was named for her late cousin, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, and a distant relation of her`s, Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia); as both the Russian and German Empires had been dissolved the young Grand Duchess/Princess grew up in an recovering and extremely-divided world. In 11 March 1929, when the Grand Duchess was ten-years-old, their entire family relocated to the Irene Empire; there they were protected from the horrors of WW2.